Brittney Griner, who once boycotted national anthem, emotional as 'Star-Spangled Banner' plays after gold win
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USA Fend Off France For Women's Olympic Basketball Gold
The United States held off France 67-66 to win an unprecedented eighth successive women's Olympic basketball gold on Sunday and extend their run of victories at the tournament to 61 games. A'ja Wilson scored a game-high 21 points for the Americans who won the title for the 10th time overall, surviving a buzzer-beating shot from France's Gabby Williams. The hosts needed a three to force overtime but Williams' foot was on three-point line as she let go off the ball, so her shot counted for just two points in a dramatic finale.
US survive French fright to win gold medal thriller
PARIS : The United States won a 67-66 thriller over France in the women's basketball final on Sunday, claiming an historic eighth consecutive Olympic crown while denying the hosts the golden finish to the Paris Games that had seemed within their grasp.
Spain's men reassert dominance, US women reclaim throne
PARIS : Spain's men added their first Olympic soccer gold medal in 32 years to their glittering trophy cabinet, while the U.S. women's team won a record-extending fifth title and their first since London 2012 before packed crowds at the Paris Games.
Britain's gold rush over as rivals raise their game
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France : The final day of track racing at the Olympic velodrome summed up the frustration of Britain's lowest gold-medal tally on the boards since the 2000 Games in Sydney.
France live up to expectations with best medal haul in over a century at Paris Games
PARIS : President Emmanuel Macron had set the bar high by calling for 50-60 French medals at the Paris Olympics and Les Bleus duly delivered, reeling in the country's biggest medal haul since 1900, as the Games came to an end on Sunday.
Griner's gold medal extra special after Russian prison
PARIS: On the highest step of the Olympic podium, US basketball player Brittney Griner wept, tears trickling down her face as her country's national anthem serenaded her for a gold medal she could not have imagined winning while in a Russian prison.
USA Basketball Team Trolled For 'World Champions' Post After Winning Olympics Gold
The United States won their fifth straight Olympic men's basketball crown on Saturday, holding off a battling France 98-87 to take their tally of Olympic golds to 17. After the famous win, however, the USA basketball team's official X account became the subject of social media trolling over the post "Are we the World Champs now?" This post was seemingly a direct swipe at the country's own sprinter, Noah Lyles, who had questioned why the NBA champions call themselves 'world champions.'